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Measuring Illicit Trade Accurately is Key to Successful Tobacco Control
As we continue to emphasize at the Tobacco Atlas, the s…
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Estimating illicit trade in tobacco products just got more simple
It is always challenging to know the exact size of the …
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Blowing the Lid Off of Tobacco and Heart Health: A WHO Tobacco and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Knowledge Summary
Tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure are responsi…
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Price elasticity or affordability elasticity? A puzzle solved for practitioners of tobacco taxation
Price elasticity measures the sensitivity of consumers …
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Research shows that Pakistan is more than ready for a significant tobacco excise tax increase
One in five adults in Pakistan use tobacco on a regular…
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Bans on Flavored Cigarettes Should Be Universally Embraced — And Include Menthol
In places where menthol has been included in flavor ban…
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What does the experimental evidence say about whether e-cigarettes help people quit smoking?
More than half of U.S. smokers attempt to quit each yea…
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Why Increasing Tobacco Taxes in El Salvador is an Excellent Idea
Currently, about 430,000 people smoke in El Salvador, r…
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Tobacco 21 Policies: Raising the Minimum Age of Sale of Tobacco to Curb Youth Smoking
In the U.S., such policies started at the local level. …
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“Greenwashing” and Other Pernicious Tobacco Industry Strategies Featured on Newly Revamped TobaccoTactics Website
The Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) at the Univer…